Name: Life Extended
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2009-02-21
Duration: 57 min
Rating: 7.1
Cast: Fujinami Genshin Ajari, Jonathan Ames, Shûsaku Arakawa

Decent, although I expected more. It seemed there was a fair amount of aesthetic consideration put into the film, but subtle annoyances, such as white on white subtitling (with tiny print - sometimes running concurrently with text graphics that you are expected to read also) and symbolic running from each of the interviewees made for less-than utilitarian choices for audience consideration. Interesting philosophies and somewhat cutting-edge knowledge was introspective, and the pacing and stylization did seem tuned to the subject matter. All in all, however, the filmmakers seemed to be trying too hard to appear sophisticated, and not trying hard enough to present a topic that should be captivating.

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